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Understanding API design is crucial for modern software development. Two popular approaches are GraphQL and REST. These technologies shape how data is exchanged and used over the internet, but they differ significantly in how they allow clients to interact with the server and retrieve data. Let's compare them in this article!

Agile and Waterfall are two popular project management methodologies. Agile suits projects that require flexibility and frequent updates, while Waterfall is ideal for projects with clear, unchanging requirements. Let’s explore further the differences between these 2 approaches!

This summer marks five years since we announced our first fully managed connector on Confluent Cloud in 2019, the Amazon S3 Sink Connector. Since then, our connector offerings have not only expanded significantly but also enabled teams to send hundreds of petabytes of data throughput. Today, we support over 80 pre-built, fully managed connectors, custom connectors, and secure private networking.

Hey, you! Yeah, you! The puzzled-looking Spring Boot developer, scouring the web for a guide on integrating your microservices with Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud with Stream Governance. Admit it, you’ve been Googling nonstop for the past hour and all you’ve found are examples using StringSerializer/StringDeserializer with not even the slightest mention of "schema registry-aware" serialization methods. And I bet the examples you found are implemented in Java.

Whether you’re working in the marketing department or the operations department, you’ve probably heard a lot about APIs and API integrations. API integration is the process of connecting different software systems or applications through their respective APIs to enable them to communicate and share data seamlessly. These have become the “buzz” terms of IT departments in recent years as more enterprises embrace the trend toward digital transformation.

Storing information in a relational database and sharing it via a RESTful API is a very common scenario these days. Depending on your RDBMS (relational database management system), this may take a lot of development effort. One solution that attempts to simplify the process is the PostgREST web server add-on for PostgreSQL. If your organization uses the PostgreSQL database, PostgREST quickly adds basic CRUD (create, read, update, delete) functions in an easy-to-use RESTful HTTP interface.

Check out Ken Ahrens and Scott Moore as they discuss some blockers of developer productivity when building in Kubernetes, and how removing environment and data challenges can reduce toil and frustration! You can catch the full podcast on Scott’s page here: Scott Moore: Hey everybody out there in internet meme land. It’s time to hide your kids and hide your wife because it’s time for the SMC Journal podcast. Some of you will get that joke. Others will not.